Enner Valencia has hit the headlines recently because of his 'displeasure' at not being offered a second opinion regarding whether or not he should have surgery to speed up his recovery from injury. However, the 'quotes' don't come directly from the player himself but via his agency, Ungeklärt. The only 'quote' was from Ecuadorian radio station La Deportiva's gossip section which 'quoted' “West Ham seem to have forgotten that I’m injured, but they don’t let me speak to another doctor. I don’t understand why West Ham doctors are doing this to me.

West Ham United have been drawn away against Leicester FC in the Capital One League Cup 3rd round. The match is due to be played at 19:45 Hrs on Tuesday 22nd of September at the Walkers Stadium, Slaven Billic will have a chance to 'upset' the Tinkerman! -Ed

Only at West Ham could the club's only remaining fit striker manage to get arrested TWICE in a fortnight! Diafra Sakho has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill and witness intimidation, according to reports,

Very shortly the Org will be re-connecting with the thousands of members who were lost when the site and server migration went all a bit Pete Tong! After a huge amount of effort , Jimmy G, AKA mad hammer. and the rest of the team have worked tirelessly in order to bring back what was the best West Ham Fans forum website in the world. We have taken advantage of new systems available and have ended up with a unique server, courtesy of rabbits foot, that is capable of dealing with the 'modern world'. No more server melt downs or archive life times, the Org is back, leaner and meaner.

Watch out, there's a Nolan about!
WEST HAM UNITED : Randolph, Jenkinson, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Noble, Kouyate, Nolan, Payet, Sakho
Subs: Spiegel, Tomkins, Jarvis, Collins, Maiga, Lanzini, Cullen
BOURNEMOUTH : Boruc, Francis, Cook, Elphick (c), Surman, Gradel, Daniels, Wilson, King, Ritchie, O'Kane
Subs: Federici, Gosling, Pugh, Mings, Smith, Kermorgant, Distin

Was this all a part of a cunning plan? Heaven knows David Sullivan is definitely a lover of the 'cunning plan', his timely comments relating to West Ham United's inability to sign prolific striker Charlie Austin from QPR because of financial fair play and the player's fitness have evoked an understandably curt response from the player himself via social media, and a lot of tut tutting from Loftus Road.

The FA have confirmed Adrian's sending off and subsequent three match ban with a brief statement on their official website:

West Ham United
13 Adrián 12 Jenkinson 02 Reid 21 Ogbonna 03 Cresswell 35 Oxford 16 Noble 08 Kouyaté 27 Payet 15 Sakho 10 Zárate
Substitutes:
01 Randolph 04 Nolan 05 Tomkins 07 Jarvis 14 Obiang 20 Maiga 28 Lanzini
Leicester City
01 Schmeichel 02 de Laet 06 Huth 05 Morgan 15 Schlup 11 Albrighton 10 King 04 Drinkwater 26 Mahrez 09 Vardy 20 Okazaki
Substitutes:
07 Hammond 14 Kanté 19 Kramaric 23 Ulloa 28 Fuchs 29 Benalouane
Ref: Anthony Taylor

The first of the last! This Saturday marks the beginning of the end for watching matches at the Boleyn Ground, or Upton Park as most pundits incorrectly call it. For many leaving the Boleyn, with all it's associated memories, will be a bitter pill to swallow, but progress inevitably catches up with tradition and so the move to the Olympic Stadium has to be embraced for all the opportunities it can bring to the club. The truth is 'fortress boleyn' is not what it used to be in the days of the chicken run, and even the ICF!

With their efforts to sign a striker failing to materialise, and Enner Valencia being unavailable for at least three months, the West Ham board are believed to have adopted a plan 'b' approach, and are now looking at 'cover' strikers instead of one marquee signing. Mindful of the all your eggs in one basket big risk strategy, it appears that the club have turned their attention to Swansea's unwanted striker Michu.